Raja Selvam
After Trademarks, it is now time for Copyright to decide on Parallel Imports
Proviso to Section 2(m) It is significant to note that this major initiative comes in the wake of the efforts by the Ministry of Human Resource Development Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee to insert the following proviso to Section 2(m)(dealing with “infringing copy”) of the…
Personalising your attacks? Mudslinging gets everyone dirty
I believe most lawyers feel parental about their clients’ rights. It is difficult not to when we put in so much effort into identifying, defining and protecting those rights. In doing so, more often than not, we come across some really nasty notices and briefs from lawyers we don’t even know and we…
Parodies and trademarks in India
By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. - Weird Al Yankovic, a parodist among other things. The quote above might be a little misplaced since this article is about parodies of trademarks and their position in Indian law but Weird Al’s words…
A truly comprehensive e-filing system by Indian Trademarks Office
Following my earlier posts on this topic (see here and here) and after yesterday’s upgrade by the Indian Trademarks Office, the e-filing system (“system”) now has all the forms prescribed by the Trademarks Rules. This upgrade consists of requests relating to recordal, cancellation and other changes…
Intellectual Property Dispute: Brahmos ’ Head-On Collision With Fiit Jee Ltd!
For those of you who are wondering if they you have hit the wrong blog, please sit back. This is indeed about Intellectual Property and what I have referred to (in my title) is about the trademark ‘BRAHMOS’. As most of you would be aware, the term ‘BRAHMOS’ is quite popular in relation to…
More facilities through e-filing system for Patents
In yet another upgrade, the Indian Patent office has made available few more facilities through its e-filing system (“system”). In general these changes pertain to requests which do not have a prescribed form in the Patent Rules. Since the increase in official fee for paper filing, it is only…
Things are looking “rosy” for Gulaab Gang... for now
It seems to have become a norm in India these days to rake up some controversy before a film’s release. It is almost always either intellectual property (copyright or trademark) violation or defamation. This time apparently it is both! Gulaab Gang is a Hindi film which apparently deals with social…
Copyright Office – Still in the game!
I just looked back on our posts and noticed that we have been bringing to you many posts about the changes in the Trademark, Patent and Designs Office but haven’t been giving due attention to the Copyright Office (not that much has happened in a while) To be perfectly honest, I always felt that the…
After fee hike for Patent filings in India, Design Office to follow suit
The Indian Intellectual Property Office invited comments today for the recently published draft amendment rules (“draft rules”) for Design filings in India. The draft rules can be found here. What’s new? Taking a leaf out of the Patent Office’s book, the draft rules propose separate fee for natural…
Official fees for Patent Filing in India goes up by 60 – 100%!
Last Friday, the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2014 (the “Rules”) came into effect. The public notice issued by the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks summarises that the Rules basically deal with a revised official fee structure and the inclusion of a new category of applicants…